Game pie

Heat a tablespoon of oil in a heavy-based saucepan and lightly brown the lamb for 5-10 minutes. Remove from the saucepan, then lightly brown the game. Remove from the saucepan and pour off the fat. Return the meat to the saucepan and pour over the water. Cover and simmer slowly for 3 hours until the meat falls off the bone. Remove the bones and thicken the sauce with the gravy paste. Spoon the meat into a large pie dish and cool. Preheat the oven to 200 ºC. Roll the pastry until slightly thinner and place over the meat. Brush with whisked egg yolk and decorate with designs cut out of the pastry. Bake for about 20 minutes until golden brown.
Serves 8-10.